1 6 AGARIC ACE^E Amanita 



smooth. St. floccoso-squamose, white. A. superior, large, 



spreading. 



Woods, under birches. Sept. 3$ X 7j X in. 

 4d. A. eitrina Pers. (from the lemon-coloured pileus) b. 



P. convex, obtuse, brassy-yellow, with white warts. St. hollow, 



white. A. large. Vo. imperfect. G. free, broad, white. 

 Woods. Oct. 4f x 4i x i. 



5. A. musearia Pers. (from its former use as a fly-poison; musca, 



a fly) a b c. 

 P. scarlet or orange, rarely yellow, brown or liver-colour; marg. 



slightly striate. St. white, rarely yellowish. Vo. bulb-like, large. 

 Poisonous, narcotic, acrid. Woods, birch, fir. July-Nov. 7 X 9f X I in. 



Compare brown form with 6. 



6. A. pantherina Que'l. (from the markings of the pileus) a b c. 



P. viscid, pale or dark brown ; marg. striate. St. whitish. 

 Poisonous. Woods and pastures ; frequent. July-Oct. 4 X 5 X \ in. 

 Compare 11. 



7. A. excelsa Gonn. & Rab. (excelsus, tall) a b c. 



P. viscid, papillose-wrinkled, brownish ; marg. striate. Sf. 



brownish-white. 

 Solitary. Poisonous. Taste not unpleasant. Woods, chiefly beech and 



birch; frequent. July-Oct. 4! X 5$ X f in. 



8. A. stpobiliformis Que'l. (from the resemblance of the scales of the 



pileus to the scales of certain fir-cones; strobilus^ a pine 

 cone) a b c. 

 P. white, then ashy-brown, covered with large sc. ; marg. even. 



St. whitish. 



Said to be edible. Taste and odour at first slight, becoming disagreeable. 

 Open places in and near woods ; rare. Pileus sometimes 12 in. in diam. 

 July-Sept. 8 X 6| x if in. 



9. A. solitaria Seer, (from its solitary habit) a b. White or buff-white. 



P. marg. even. St. brownish-white. Vo. forming an obconic 



bulb ; base rooting. 

 Solitary. Taste insipid. On the ground, damp places. Sept. 6 X $ X ijin. 



10. A. rubeseens Pers. (from the flesh becoming sienna-red when 



broken or bruised) a b c. 



P. reddish-sienna, light to dark. St. pale sienna-red. 



Edible ; Golmelle of continental markets. Taste not unpleasant ; odour 

 strong. Woods ; common. Commonly much eaten by larvae. There is a 

 white variety. June-Nov. 5^ X 5 X I in. Compare 14. 



11. A. spissa Opiz (from the small crowded warts; sfissus, crowded) a b. 

 P. smoky-brown or grey, with ash-coloured warts. St. concen- 



trico-squamulose, obconic at base, rooting, whitish. 

 Woods, mixed j uncommon. July-Oct. 4 X 4| X f in. Compare 6. 



lla. A. cariosa Gill, (from the carious stem) a b. 



P. soft, even, brown, whitish-brown, or dark grey, unequally 

 clad with thin, mealy, white patches and clouds. St. fragile, 



